Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences
• 26.03 - Botany/Plant Biology

26.0301 - Botany/Plant Biology, General

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of plants, related microbial organisms, and plant habitats and ecosystem relations. These programs include courses in plant anatomy and structure, phytochemistry, cytology, plant genetics, plant morphology and physiology, plant ecology, plant taxonomy and systematics, paleobotany, and applications of biophysics and molecular biology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Botany
  • Phycology
  • Phytochemistry
  • Plant biology

• Exclusion

  • Plant sciences(01.1101)
  • Horticultural science(01.1103)
  • Plant breeding genetics(01.1104)
  • Mycology(26.0506)
  • Plant genetics(26.0805)